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caliphate definition

ca·liph·ate (kā′lə fət, kal′ə fāt′)

noun

  1. the rank or reign of a caliph
  2. the land ruled by a caliph

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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